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Timbuktu
Release Date: TBA
Genres: Adventure, Drama
Production Phase: Script Stage
Production Company: Lakeshore Entertainment
Who's Making It: Diane English (Director), Diane English (Screenwriter), Paul Auster (Creator - Writer), Gary Lucchesi (Producer), Tom Rosenberg (Producer)
Premise: A Brooklyn homeless man and his dog Mr. Bones set out to reunite with his high school English teacher.... More »
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The movie rights to Paul Auster's 1999 novel Timbuktu have been sold to Lakeshore Entertainment (producers of the Underworld and Crank film franchise, among others.) The story follows the journey of a homeless Brooklyn man and his faithful dog Mr. Bones as they set out to reunite with the man's high school English teacher, his mentor. Diane English (creator of Murphy Brown and screenwriter of the 2008 film The Women) is set to adapt Auster's book as well as direct the film.
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